Haven't been paying attention, but has Victorino given up on being a switch hitter? Lol just noticed him facing righties all day & he was batting right handed.

 

Or maybe he is just doing it at Fenway with the monster in LF?

 

Haven't been paying attention, but has Victorino given up on being a switch hitter? Lol just noticed him facing righties all day & he was batting right handed.

 

Or maybe he is just doing it at Fenway with the monster in LF?

apparently he has a hamstring injury and if he hits left handed he is more likely to aggravate it so he's only hitting right handed for \now

apparently he has a hamstring injury and if he hits left handed he is more likely to aggravate it so he's only hitting right handed for \now

 

Ahh gotcha....Thanks

Ichiro is 5 hits away from 4,000 career between the U.S. and Japan.

Braves signed Tyler Greene to a minor league deal.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/players-vie...luate-pitchers/

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 1h

 

The #Dodgers privately say they have no intentions to jump into the #Yankees Robinson Cano sweepstakes, or bid on any other high-priced FA.

Nationals acquire David DeJesus for a PTBNL. Nothing like strengthening the bench of a non-playoff team.

MLBRosterMoves ‏@MLBRosterMoves 3m

 

#Dodgers reinstate RHP Brian Wilson from 15-day DL; option OF/1B Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Albuquerque.

MLBRosterMoves ‏@MLBRosterMoves 44m

 

The @Indians grant RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka his unconditional release. He is now a free agent.

Jayson Heyward out 4-6 weeks

Jayson Heyward out 4-6 weeks

 

With a broken jaw after taking a fastball to the face. Details matter this time.

With a broken jaw after taking a fastball to the face. Details matter this time.

That was painful to watch. Not Kevin Ware-painful, but sure as hell not pleasant.

Ichiro is 5 hits away from 4,000 career between the U.S. and Japan.

And he did it! Pretty damn impressive.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 4m

 

Source confirms that #Mets are finalizing agreement with Dice-K and will bring him straight to the majors. First reported by @JonHeymanCBS.

MLB Stat of the Day ‏@MLBStatoftheDay 52m

 

Ichiro's 2,722 hits from his age-27 season through his age-39 season are the most all-time.

Holy s***, 800Razors.com is offering Brian Wilson $1M to shave his beard. f***ing hell man, take that RIGHT NOW. Use the excuse that you wanted a fresh start after the injury or leaving SF or whatever.

 

Hell, my beard is pretty full right now, but looks like I need to hold out for some dough!

Holy s***, 20-year-old Javier Baez has 33 HR and 100 RBI this year in 119 games between High-A and AA. Unfortunately for Cubs fans, he also is striking out about 25% and has 41!!! errors at SS.

20 reasons Jeff Francouer is the best player in baseball history

MLB Transactionist ‏@MLBTransactions 9m

 

ATLANTA BRAVES: Acquired pitcher Freddy Garcia from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. http://j.mp/155p66x

Nationals acquire David DeJesus for a PTBNL. Nothing like strengthening the bench of a non-playoff team.

 

And now the Rays have claimed and acquired DeJesus from the Nats. Kim must be drinking up a storm.

A's also traded for Kurt Suzuki

And now the Rays have claimed and acquired DeJesus from the Nats. Kim must be drinking up a storm.

I think I heard Hawk say this a few days ago that the claim by the Nats was done without realizing they'd be picking up deferred money DeJesus was owed, and so they got stuck with an extra million dollars or so that they weren't planning on having to pay.

This isn't MLB, but I found the translations of a couple NPB player fight songs. Both play(ed) for the Yomiuri Giants, and are amazing:

 

Hirokazu Ibata, #6:

Sprint with the speed of light

Dramatically dash across the diamond

Enchant us, Ibata

 

Tony Blanco, #42:

Sparkling blue light into the stands

A single strike to break your enemies

Gods advancing together with us down the straight path

Together with the dragons, make your challenge

Here and now, show it to us

Let your dark blue fighting spirit boil over

A single hit to cower your enemies

Far and away, let it be free

20 reasons Jeff Francouer is the best player in baseball history

Still a bulls*** call.